Cyprus University of Technology BIOMA is co-financed by the European - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Decentralized management of Bio-waste and simultaneous exploitation of their end products using alternative and innovative systems Petros Savva Cyprus University of Technology BIOMA is co-financed by the European regional development fund by a 85% and by a national funding of 15%

General Objective Reduction of domestic waste produced by decentralized areas and their direct use for energy production

Specific obje jectives Examine qualitative and Installation of the proposed Evaluation of the proposed quantitative characteristics domestic drying bins in the systems & benchmarking of organic waste and existing selected households their efficiency management practices Evaluation of the end Propose best practice Implementation of products produced (pellets, guidelines based on project’s developed best practices biogas, digestated) end products Inform and educate various groups of interest

Process Diagram - BIO IOMA Sorting at the source Collection and transfer Treatment for energy (pilot installation of the at the Pilot Plant production and other domestic drying bin) useful products

DOMESTIC DRYING BIN IN • Dimensions: 27 x 30 x 35 cm • 240V, 50Hz • Consumption: 4€/ month • Odors: Double active carbon filter • Easily operational • Maximum capacity: 1kg • Drying time: 3-4 hours

DOMESTIC DRYING BIN IN • Shredder (up to chicken bones can be added) • Drying in 3 stages (automatically): Shredding, heating, cooling • Weight/volume reduction appx 80-90% • Drying using hot air (60 ο C)

DOMESTIC DRYING BIN Double activated carbon filters for odor removal

DOMESTIC DRYING BIN Household/domestic waste bin Hot airflow holes (drying) Residue after drying

RESIDUE TRANSFER The residue will be placed in special container bags and will be collected by the community on specified days. When sufficient quantity will be collected the residue will be transferred to a specific AD plant for the biogas production (Cyprus).

Scenario A Co-utilization of treated household waste, green/agricultural waste and livestock waste in an AD End products: • Biogas (energy) • Clean water • Fertilizer • Compost BIOGAS

Utilization of dry household biowaste towards biogas production Innovative integrated prototype system that has been developed within project LIVEWASTE (completed) Main sub-units of the integrated system: - the anaerobic digester - the composting unit - the odour abatement system - the SBR and the struvite crystallization unit - the integrated prototype system

Installed Prototype System

Scenario B Co-utilization of dry household waste with green waste to produce combustible wood-chips

ADDITIONAL OUTPUTS Evaluation of the proposed systems & benchmarking their efficiency Evaluation of the end products produced (pellets, biogas, digestated) Propose best practice guidelines based on produced end products Implementation of developed best practices

EDUCATION – IN INFORMATION - DIS ISSIMINATION An information booth will be installed at the communities, in order to inform and help the citizens. Staff from the communities will be trained in order to be able to maintain the equipment installed. The project is contacted for the first time both in Cyprus and Greece and exposure to the wider regions of the communities is expected to be great. Info days and workshops by the competent authorities at the communities and press releases and presentations at international conferences.

Th Thank nk you for your ur attentio tention petros.g.savva@cut.ac.cy